Hello all, This is the first unix build ive done of KDE4 and have it running happily on all my other *nix systems as well as my windows system . I have compiled all the binaries available for kde4 in the macports downloads and compiled i have a multitude of GUI apps that all launch and run fine but im failing to see how to launch plasmapkg
with kde3 it would be:

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startx
startkde


the startkde seems to have moved/been modified/been removed for kdesdk4 or im missing the final compilation step that is NOT shared on the macports or install notes for the site i would like to replace my "finder" (aqua) with the plasma desktop manager on my macintosh... i have tried all kinds of xinitrc changes and trying to call to binaries manually via x11.. i tried xfree86 as suggested in other forums but it appears that most the information available is outdated
i have tried kdeinit4... via x11 and via the terminal.. no avail.. it spits out a slew of errors having to do with not being called to in the right fashion

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kdeinit4 kdeinit4.shell
sh-3.2# ./kdeinit4
sh-3.2# Error: "/var/folders/l3/6t5w5pf15s97nkhqjp_8fdhm0000gn/T//ksocket-bryansmith" is owned by uid 501 instead of uid 0.
kdeinit4: Shutting down running client.
QIODevice::setTextModeEnabled: The device is not open
Dynamic session lookup supported but failed: launchd did not provide a socket path, verify that org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist is loaded!
klauncher(11682) kdemain: No DBUS session-bus found. Check if you have started the DBUS server.
kdeinit4: Communication error with launcher. Exiting!


This is the error when ran as root ^^

the following is when ran as user...

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Bryans-Mac-Pro:macos bryansmith$ ./kdeinit4
Bryans-Mac-Pro:macos bryansmith$ Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString)


and it sits and hangs there doing nothing... using the mac to browse KDE is a new thing for me i tried the kde3 and got it up and going within 2 hours of compilation but am unable to start the KDE4 environment IE: plasam desktop manager

is this something thats included for mac osx?
if it is how can i call to it to start the plasma environment
the dbus has been started as called by the instructions and i also placed it in my ~/.profile so its done on boot or when i open my terminal

if anyone can offer assistance it would be greatly appreciated as im tired of looking at this ugly mac finder but have no choice in OS on the machine due to outside influences..

startkde should be part of kde-workspace.
KDE processes should be run as a normal user rather than root.

bcooksley wrote:startkde should be part of kde-workspace.
KDE processes should be run as a normal user rather than root.

i will relook over my install methods as i've upgraded my xcode and OS now..

i had errors running it as normal user as well i couldnt get the kde-workspace to compile from source even using the GNU utils for mac

KDE Workspace is intended for use on a X11 system, so the compile errors may be related.
Could you pastebin the error messages?